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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Automotive Consortium for Embedded Security

Today the DOJ’s Antitrust Division published a notice in the
Federal Register (80 FR
24279) that the Southwest Research Institute—Cooperative Research Group on
Automotive Consortium for Embedded Security (ACES) has filed paperwork seeking
limited protection from federal antitrust regulations under provisions of the National
Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 (15
USC Chapter 69).

∙ Perform high-risk/high-reward
pre-competitive and non-competitive research and development;

∙ Serve as an independent
verification and validation entity;

∙ Develop understanding of industry
problems and associated risk;

∙ Monitor and share threats and
industry research;

∙ Keep abreast of and provide input
for emerging safety and security regulations and standards; and

∙ Provide members with relevant
solutions and actionable results.

Commentary

With recent revelations of systemic security vulnerabilities
in a number of automotive systems it is encouraging to see the industry take
proactive measures to address these issues. While individual automotive
companies could probably come up with adequate solutions to these cybersecurity
problems, it makes much more sense for industry wide solutions to be developed
and deployed. This is particularly true given the relatively small number of
available cybersecurity experts available to work on control system issues in
general.

About Me

I spent 15 years in the US Army as an Infantry NCO. After getting out of the Army I started working in the chemical industry, getting my BSc Chemistry degree while working as a technician. I spent 12 years working as a process chemist in a specialty chemical company. Most recently I worked as a QA/R&D Manager in a specialty chemical manufacturing facility. Currently I am working as a freelance writer.